The effect of procedural fairness and supervisor support in the relationship between job insecurity and organizational citizenship behavior

Sergio Andrés López Bohle, Antonio Ramón Mladinic Alonso

Abstract

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to examine whether the perceptionof job insecurity negatively affects procedural fairness, which may relateto the Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB). Finally, we havetested whether perceived supervisor support has a moderating effectin the relationship between procedural fairness and OCB.

Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a sampleof 707 employees in a metal-mechanic company in Chile. Regressionanalysis was used to analyze the mediating and moderating effects.

Findings – It was found that procedural fairness fully mediates therelationship between Job Insecurity and OCB, such that Job Insecurityis negatively related to procedural fairness, which in turn is positivelyrelated to OCB. Also, perceived supervisor support moderates therelationship between procedural fairness and OCB.

Originality/value – The paper provides new theoretical insightson the effects that perceived job insecurity has on OCB, giving anempirical insight of the mediator and moderator effects that aid in thecomprehension of this relationship.

The RBGN has the financial support from Fundação Escola de Comércio Álvares Penteado - FECAP and development agencies Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico - CNPq and Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – CAPES.

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